Any of these jumping out at you as good plays?
USC -16.5 vs Utah State
Iowa -15 vs Iowa State
UNC -9.5 at Illinois
Louisville -14.5 at Syracuse
No one likes Duke -5 at home vs Wake Forest?
No one likes Duke -5 at home vs Wake Forest?
Since this is the only gambling thread, anyone going in on the Carolina/Denver game tonight?
Thinking Carolina comes out to prove something, especially Cam. And I don't think Denvers defense is as legit as last seasons.
Thoughts?
Since this is the only gambling thread, anyone going in on the Carolina/Denver game tonight?
Thinking Carolina comes out to prove something, especially Cam. And I don't think Denvers defense is as legit as last seasons.
Thoughts?
Thought so too, all of the sites out there keep pushing this "defending SB champs" stat against the spread.
Not sure any defending champs have ever started a second year 7th rounder the next season either. So I'll roll w/ Carolina and let Trevor Siemian prove me wrong.
I'm leaning the same way, as billmac mentioned Malik Jackson and other pieces off that Broncos D missing that may make an impact, but what about the Panthers starting 2 rookie CB's and being on the road? Just playing devil's advocate I guess.
I dont know, I want to go Panthers -3 also but betting NFL scares the shit out of me.
From a Panthers POV, their secondary is aided by their front 4 and an ability to get to the QB. It's David Gettleman's NYG philosophy that he has transplanted down to Charlotte.
The reason they let Norman walk was because they felt Norman was overvalued based on the production of their D-line. Gettleman will be spending his dollars accross the D-line rather than secondary.
That's what they'd say anyways...they feel comfortable with their scheme and ability to play great defense with inexperience in the back.
However, if Denver is able to protect and Siemian is able to buy time, you could efinitely see some breakdowns. It sounds like a cop-out, but that's truly what it is. Last year Carolina's defense was so good, Kurt Coleman (and I love Kurt Coleman, former Buckeye) was a borderline pro-bowler with a near league lead in interceptions. Kurt Coleman is solid, but he's not pro-bowl level good. Carolina's front 4 made him pro-bowl good.
More interesting to me in this game will be Carolina's run game. They averaged 1 YPC on first down in the super bowl. A lot of that was Malik Jackson getting push. Malik Jackson's replacemnt is now on the IR for the year forcing what was a 3rd string guy 1 year ago into the starting role. Will be interesting to see if J-Stew gets any momentum rolling. If Carolina runs the ball well, they cover easily.....
Good points made. So far though, I'm like the U 21 for the first half over the game itself.
Also, another college line that jumped out at me was Washington State +11 at Boise State. I know Washington State is coming off a loss to EWU but they still have a really good QB and I see this being a back and forth game that could go either way at the end. I could be far off on that hot take though.
Good points made. So far though, I'm like the U 21 for the first half over the game itself.
Also, another college line that jumped out at me was Washington State +11 at Boise State. I know Washington State is coming off a loss to EWU but they still have a really good QB and I see this being a back and forth game that could go either way at the end. I could be far off on that hot take though.